Why a disembodied hand is Thing delivering baseball for Yankees-Giants on Opening Day
This is the weirdest thing a Yankees-Giants game has ever seen.
Why a disembodied hand is Thing delivering baseball for Yankees-Giants on Opening Day originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Yankees and the San Francisco (formerly N.
Y. ) Giants are two of the most storied franchises in baseball history. It'd be hard to imagine how Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays would feel about what is going to take place before the Yankees and Giants meet on Wednesday night to open the 2026 MLB regular season.
For the ceremonial first pitch, a baseball is going to be brought out to the mound. Makes sense, right? Well, not the way you're imagining.
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